THE AMERICAN CENTURY: Volume 2: A History of the United States Since 1941
- ISBN-10
- 0765640481
- ISBN-13
- 9780765640482
- Series
- The American Century
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-22
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe
- Authors
- Nancy Woloch, Walter LaFeber, Richard Polenberg
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